and we have terrible business practices. i hate to say this & i include me in this sweeping generalization but for example

many of us are simply ignorant of how simple personal finance works. my proof of that is the prevalence of payday loans, title loans etc in our community. do these preadatory businesses victimize ALL cultures? im sure they do. however im concerned w/ US right now.

that shit is simply a scam. period. i get how if you have seemingly no other choice, its either borrow some money against your next check or the lights getting cut off...then you do what you do. but i know of people with DAMN good sense who ARENT in that tight of a crunch who just want some fuck off money...that do that shit. then look up 6 months later when that $500 has ballooned to $750-1k & they like what happened? bitch you happned. you didnt read or understand what you was reading & now that shit is a albatross around your neck.

business wise...i work w/ small business people. retail. services. whatever. VERY few Black businesses, ive been looking. the few i have...are by & large inept. they aint open when they are supposed to be. their image is amateurish or nonexistent on the internet. they dont know new shit coming down the pike in our industry. they have piss poor mystery shop scores. etc etc.

& this is the majority. unfortuynately. and as a business owner trying to put MY shit together...much as i hate to say it...im late more often then i should be. my business cards & shit look flimsy & cheap. etc etc

extrapolate that out to the big picture of why we arent captalizing on this wave of gentrification and its simple

1) no money
2) no knowledge
3) few qualified people to run the organization
4) VERY lil business acumen
5) no trust to work together

we in a hurt locker as a people for real which is why its sooo important that OUR generation...my 30-40 yr olds who came up during the crack era...turn this shit around before its too late


does it really matter?

for all my fans who keep my name in their mouth: http://i.imgur.com/v2xNOpS.jpg